Managment rewards talent, and fosters an environment that thrives on teamwork and relationship building. You do have to put in long hours on occassion, but this is a company with endless possibilities, including rotations outside of the States, several legal business entities the size of fortune 500 companies, and cross-functional experiences.

Cons

HR still has an old-school mentatility and often fights upward movement for employees that are "too inexperienced" (e.g. too young), and still pushes a seniority-based instead of talent-based retention model. Management fights the battle, and often wins, but still difficult to manage a business when you cannot make the decisions that need to be made on the personnel side.

Vehicle discount must be GMNo raises for several years even though reviewed performance is highPromotion not based on meritSpend 20 min finding a parking spot at primary engineering centerAge discrimination rampantLong hours

Advice to ManagementAdvice

Leadership does not play the role of leaders (e.g., clearing roadblocks, strategic planning)Leaders slow to make decisions, waiting for data for every decision so they are not criticizedNegative recent product reviews due to poor leadership (check out CUE review in Consumer Reports)

GM's finance leadership and CEO are focused on stock prices and profitability and continue to show little interest in the core business. Because of this, GM continues to lose market share.

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Need to balance all aspects of business and focus on more than just the bottom line. This did NOT work in the past and will NOT work going forward. The US taxpayers gave up a lot to keep GM afloat. Don't disappoint them.